A car, belonging to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), caught fire in central Delhi today, resulting in a traffic congestion on the road connecting ITO to east Delhi, a senior police officer said.
The incident occurred near the ITO around 7:40 pm.
The officer said that a NTPC official was in the car and the driver stopped the vehicle when he saw smoke coming out from the bonnet.
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The fire department pressed two fire tenders to douse the blaze. For around 30 minutes, traffic crawled on the stretch as the firefighting operations were going on, he said.
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